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May 27, 2025

Rest is Revolutionary

“Do revolutionaries rest?” I laughed at Kathy’s question as we boarded the elevator to find something to wrap up my locs before I got in the water. It was a line from Spike Lee’s film Malcolm X (or something to that effect). I was enjoying some much-needed time away at Kathy’s pool party in Florida.… Continue reading

Poetry

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December 26, 2024

Notice the Breadcrumbs: A Reflection Activity

I’ve been writing poetry since I was twelve years old, but it wasn’t until I joined the UMOJA Spoken Word group in High School that I truly understood it and how to fuse the words on the page with my voice to bring them to life. At the time, I didn’t know much about Kwanzaa… Continue reading

creative writing, General Topics

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December 16, 2024

Always There Are the Children

Something devastating is happening, a bone-chilling, frightening thing. The children are dying. In this year alone, I have learned of the deaths of four young people, three of them children under 25 years old. All of them were from people I know; they were firstborns, the first fruits of their mother’s wombs. It has made… Continue reading

creative writing, General Topics

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January 17, 2024

Take the Leap

When I first decided to put my book up for preorder in September (2023), I wondered if I had made the right decision. I had never run a preorder campaign that far in advance of the release date. And I was wondering if I could keep the momentum up. In my experience, people forget after… Continue reading

Articles, self-publishing

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December 4, 2023

On Fear

I don’t exist out of thin air. I didn’t just pop up out of nowhere teaching this through Google and YouTube University. I teach this because I’ve lived through it. And, while much of what I discuss is well-known on the tail end of 2023, it wasn’t when I first started. Self-publishing has been around… Continue reading

Articles, self-publishing

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April 7, 2022

90s Throwback Thursday Jams – When You Believe by Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston

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Throwback Thursday Jams

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December 1, 2021

No Whining Wednesday: Humility

Welcome back to another episode of No Whining Wednesday! Today, you cannot whine, criticize, or complain. If you are new to this blog or new to this segment please visit the NWW page here for past episodes. Today’s inspiring word comes from Katerina Stoykova Klemer: In my opinion, confidence is liking yourself. As simple as… Continue reading

No Whining Wednesday

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